Sheriff claims deputies didn’t search lacrosse crew’s personal gadgets, body digicam exhibits in any other case

LIBERTY COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC/Gray News) - An incident that concerned gamers from a college’s lacrosse team and deputies in Georgia stays below investigation.

WTOC reviews Delaware State College President Tony Allen launched a press release on Monday responding to the incident that reportedly occurred on April 20 in Liberty County.

Allen wrote Georgia law enforcement stopped a bus for a minor traffic violation with the Delaware State Lacrosse workforce on board. Deputies searched the belongings of the student-athletes, including suitcases with drug-sniffing canine.

“100% you may’t be in that left lane at all,” stated a Liberty County Sheriff’s Deputy.

The workforce was returning dwelling from a recreation in Florida and traveling by a contracted bus, in accordance with Allen.

Liberty County Sheriff William Bowman held a information conference concerning the incident however took no questions. He claimed that no private items on the bus were searched.

Physique camera video obtained by WTOC, however, clearly showed the deputies going by way of the scholars’ bags and even remedy.

The university president wrote in his assertion that videos taken by players confirmed legislation enforcement trying to intimidate them into confessing to possession of drugs and/or drug paraphernalia.

“They didn’t actually ask us,” said Sydney Anderson, a Delaware State Lacrosse Player. “They informed us of what they’re gonna do and nobody questioned them...we just allow them to rattle by way of our stuff.”

A player on the bus asked: “How did we go from being within the mistaken lane to going through our baggage?”

A deputy responded: “Well, he stopped y’all, he didn’t stop y’all for a site visitors violation...he stopped the driver for a visitors violation.”

Nothing illegal was found in the search, and Allen informed the general public that he has contacted Delaware’s governor, the Black Caucus and different state officers.

Allen wrote that everyone was incensed over the incident.

Allen additionally added the following:

“We don't intend to let this or some other incident like it go idly by. We're ready to go wherever the proof leads us. We now have video. Now we have allies. Perhaps extra significantly, we have the braveness of our convictions.”

Allen concluded his assertion by writing, “We'll never be bullied into believing anything aside from what we are: People, learners, lecturers, builders—helpful and honorable people ready to soar.”

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